Grow Revenue. Improve Margin. Build a Practice That Runs Without Us.
Fractional operations partner for independent physician practices in and around Denver. Solo to small group.
We find the opportunities, get the outcomes, and build a handoff plan so your team carries it forward.
You opened your practice to take care of patients. The business side had other plans.
Revenue that should be higher. Margins you can feel but can't quite see. Staff issues that keep coming back. Vendors who auto-renew without a conversation. A schedule with gaps you can't explain. And not enough hours to figure out where the money is going or where the growth is stuck.
Whether you're early-stage and building, mid-career and scaling, or thinking about a transition, the problems are similar. And they respond to the same thing: someone focused on the business side so you can focus on patients.
Two outcomes drive everything we work on.
Every service, every recommendation, every conversation ties back to one of these. They're how we prioritize, how we measure, and how you know whether the work is paying off.
Grow Revenue
Patients who can actually reach you by phone. Referral networks that send real volume. Scheduling that fills your capacity. Payer contracts that reflect current rates. New revenue streams that reduce dependence on any single payer. A plan for adding providers or locations when the time is right.
Improve Margin
Expenses reviewed on a cycle instead of autopaid. Real financial reporting each month. Staffing sized to your volume. Vendor contracts that reflect what you should actually be paying. Workflows that help your staff instead of slowing them down. A team that stays because the operation works.
We build your capability, then step back.
Every system, process, and tool we put in place is designed so your team can run it without us. We build a handoff plan from the start so you can move on completely when you're ready, or choose to keep us as an as-needed partner over time. Either way, your practice gets stronger.
The problems practice owners actually describe.
These aren't services we decided to sell. They're the issues that come up in conversation with independent practice owners across the Denver area.
Staffing and People
Can't function when one person is out. Hiring takes too long. Retention feels like luck. The office manager (or owner) is stretched across six jobs.
No Business Partner
No one to think through the non-clinical side with. Contracts auto-renew. Inefficiency accumulates. Decisions don't get made.
Financial Blind Spots
Reimbursement declining, costs climbing. But without real reporting, you feel the pressure without seeing exactly where the money goes.
Technology Overload
Systems that don't talk to each other. Every vendor pitching something new. No trusted guide to sort what's worth trying from what's noise.
Payer Friction
Prior auth consuming your team. Contracts that haven't been reviewed in years. No one managing the billing vendor or watching the numbers closely enough.
Growth Without a Playbook
Want to add a provider or a location, but the operational complexity tripled last time. It's more than a clinical decision and there's no one to plan it with.
Menu-based. Flexible. Built to hand off.
No locked-in packages. You choose the outcomes that matter most right now. We scope the time and cost. As needs change, you add or remove.
Access Retainers
Ongoing monthly time you direct toward whatever matters most. Hiring this month. Dashboard build next month. Payer strategy after that. The priorities flex with you.
Project-Based
Practice launch. Exit preparation. Financial visibility build. Clear scope, clear deliverable, clear end. A good way to start before committing monthly.
Handoff by Design
We come in where you need us, get the work done, and create a plan so your team can carry it forward. You decide whether to move on or keep us around as needed.
Pricing is structured so independent practices can access the same caliber of operations leadership that larger groups have full-time. Because we work fractionally, you get senior-level experience at a cost that scales up or down with your needs and budget..
An honest take, not a vendor pitch.
Some practices aren't ready for AI and that's fine. Some are curious about where to start. Some are already using it and want to know what's next. We work across the full range and meet you where you are.
Three tests for any tool we recommend.
Does it solve a real problem your practice has today? Can your staff manage it if something breaks? Does it work without us involved? If a tool doesn't clear all three, we don't recommend it. We help you get more from what you already own before suggesting anything new.
Free guide: Five Levels of AI in Your Practice (no email required)
Three things you can do this week.
These cost nothing and take less than an hour. If the numbers surprise you, there's probably more to find.
Pull your no-show rate for the last 90 days.
If it's above 8%, the fix is almost never "remind patients more." It's usually a scheduling workflow issue or a front desk scripting gap. Look at which days and slots are worst.
Ask your biller for a denial breakdown by reason code.
Most practices have two or three denial reasons behind over 60% of lost revenue. Knowing what they are is the first step to stopping the leak.
Run overhead as a percentage of collections, not revenue.
Revenue is what you bill. Collections is what you keep. If overhead is above 65% of collections, there is margin to recover.
15+ years across healthcare. Built on real operating experience.
Health Ops Denver was founded by an operator who has spent more than 15 years in healthcare, working alongside clinical and non-clinical partners in hospitals, insurance, healthcare technology, and government including CMS.
Before healthcare: built and sold a finance company that scaled past $300M in annual revenue. That experience matters because it means we've lived the realities of building and running a business, not just advising on one.
Currently co-leads a private practice in Denver. Father of three. Denver-based, working with practices within about two hours of the city.
Common questions.
A fractional partner works with your practice on a scheduled, ongoing basis at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. We're focused on finding the operational opportunities that move revenue and margin, getting the outcomes, and building your team's ability to sustain them. The goal is always to make the improvements stick whether we stay on or not.
Independent and small-group practices, typically 1 to 10 providers. We work across a range of specialties as well as dental practices, behavioral health groups, and med spas. The operational challenges we focus on tend to be common across practice types.
Pricing is structured so independent practices can access senior operations leadership without taking on a full-time salary. Because we work fractionally, cost scales up or down with your needs. Retainers and projects are designed for independent practice budgets.
No. After a short initial commitment, engagements continue month to month. Project work has a defined scope and end date. We earn your continued business by delivering results.
No. We work alongside your existing team. Your practice manager handles the day-to-day. We focus on the areas most practice managers weren't trained for: growth strategy, financial analysis, technology evaluation, marketing direction, payer strategy.
Everything we build is documented and handed off so your team retains full capability. Some practices move on completely. Some keep us around on a lighter basis for periodic projects or as a sounding board. Either way, you keep everything we built and you're in a stronger position than when we started.
Ready to talk about what's going on in your practice?
Select the focus areas that matter most. Tell us your specialty and practice size. We'll set up a conversation about results, not a sales pitch.
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